C.P. Cavafy in the english and american literary scenes : authorizing the other /
"This book delves into how E.M. Forster, Lawrence Durrell, W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Joseph Brodsky, and James Merrill shaped the international literary eminence of the poet C.P. Cavafy in the 20th century. Rather than being passive inheritors of his influence, these authors actively constru...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Series: | Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
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| Summary: | "This book delves into how E.M. Forster, Lawrence Durrell, W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Joseph Brodsky, and James Merrill shaped the international literary eminence of the poet C.P. Cavafy in the 20th century. Rather than being passive inheritors of his influence, these authors actively constructed Cavafy's celebrity image and poetic legacy through criticism, correspondence, translations, and fictional portrayals. Drawing on overlooked archival material and sociological theories of cultural capital, this study reframes literary authorisation as a reciprocal process-one that elevates a lesser-known writer while also serving the aesthetic and cultural ambitions of dominant literary figures. Cavafy's poetry intersected with Forster's modernist experiments in life writing, Durrell's cosmopolitan visions, Auden's and Spender's postwar ideological explorations, Brodsky's exile politics, and Merrill's queer aesthetics. By tracing these transnational literary exchanges, the book offers fresh insights into canon formation and the workings of cultural validation"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 246 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 019885143X 9780198851431 |